Attaching device for electric-light fixtures



(No Model.)

- G. PEEPLES.

ATTACHING- DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURES.

Patnted May 2, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE PEEPLES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE THAOKARAMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC-LIGHT FIXTU RES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,792, dated May 2,1893.

Application filed November 19,1892. Serial No. 452,542. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE PEEPLES, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl-Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attaching Devicesfor Electric Light Fixtures, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a novel device for attaching an electric lightfixture to a wall, ceiling or other place of service, the same embodyinga plate with converging arms, a collar at the place of'convergencehaving longir 5 tudinal recesses in the walls thereof, and transverserecesses in the back thereof, whereby the end of the arm of the fixturemay be passed through said collar and seated thereon.

Figure 1 represents a partial side view and partial section of anelectric light fixture and an attaching device embodying my invention,said section being taken on theline :0, m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 represents aside elevation of the attaching device. Fig. 3 represents a front 2 5view of said device. Fig. 4 represents a rear View thereof. Fig. 5represents a rear view of the end of the arm of the fixture.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates an electric light fixture havingat the rear end of the arm thereof the sleeve B with radial lugs Bthereon, said fixture in other respects being of well known form andconstruction.

V O designates an annulus or annular plate on the front face of whichare the set out converging arms D, said plate being attachable to awall, ceiling, &c. At the place of con vergance of said arms is a collarE, the walls of which are longitudinally recessed at opposite places asat F. On the rear face of said collar are transverse recesses G, whichare placed at an angle to said recesses F.

The operation is as follows: The lugs B are passed through the collar Eand recesses F, and after they clear the inner end of said collar, thefixture is turned so that the lugs register with the recesses G, thefixture then being drawn forward so that said lugs are seated in saidrecesses G. The collar E is provided with screws H which are now passedthrough the sleeve B against the arm of the fixture, whereby the latteris prevented from turning or displacement from the collar E, and it isfirmly and nicely held in position. In order to remove the fixture, thescrews H are loosened, the fixture pushed rearward through the collar Euntil the lugs B clear said collar, when the fixture is rotated untilthe lugs register with the recesses F, after which the fixture isdrawn'forward and it may be entirely withdrawn from said collar, and theparts accordingly separated. Owing to the spaces between the arms D, theelectric wires that pass through the fixture rearward are readilyaccessible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plate having converging arms set out therefrom, and a centralcollar joining said arms, the inner wall of said collar havinglongitudinally extending recesses, and the back of the same transverselyextending recesses, said recesses being at an angle to each other,substantially as described.

2. An electric light fixture having lugs thereon in combination with acollar on the arms of an attaching plate having longitudinally andtransversely extending recesses respectively in the inner wall thereofand back of the same for the passage and seating of lugs on the saidfixture, and screws passing through said collar adapted to tightenagainst said fixture substantially as described.

GEORGE PEEPLES. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

